Human Resources Business Partner

C&W Services; Salinas (CA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

C&W Services in Salinas, CA is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to guide field leadership on staffing, policy compliance, and employee relations. You will provide strategic consulting and lead HR initiatives across multiple locations.

Key duties include interpreting regulations, coaching managers, and coordinating with payroll, benefits, and HR centers of expertise. The role requires travel and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of HR experience with demonstrated judgment and decision-making.
• Strong leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Ability to analyze, prioritize, and delegate multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Interpret and explain HR policies, procedures, laws, standards or regulations daily to assist managers and employees.
• Serve as an HR Business Partner to field leadership and hiring managers.
• Direct and manage tasks, programs, and projects within the Field team.
• Provide strategic consulting on staffing, compensation, performance, relations, and training.
• Partner with payroll, benefits, and national HR programs; ensure compliance and audits.

Skills

HR Strategy

Employee Relations

Leadership

Communication

Travel Flexibility

Hybrid Work

HR Systems

Tools

HRIS

Job description

• Interpret and explain human resources policies, procedures, laws, standards, or regulations on a daily basis to assist managers and employees.
• Serve as an HR Business Partner to field leadership.
• Direct and manage tasks, programs, and projects within the Field team.
• Provide strategic consulting to field leadership and hiring managers regarding staffing needs, compensation, performance management, employee relations, policy compliance, training, etc. for their respective employee populations.
• Provide direction, coaching, and leadership to assigned Human Resources staff, as applicable.
• Recommend new approaches, policies, and procedures to effect continual improvements in efficiency of services performed.
• Partner with the centers of expertise for payroll processing, employee benefits programs, and national HR programs to ensure proper communication.
• Partner with center of expertise to ensure compliance with all applicable employment legislation for the assigned geographic area, including monitoring and auditing local EEO practices.
• Work with national and local leadership to provide on-site leadership and support in conjunction with all employee transition activities associated with outsourcing service contracts, mergers, and acquisitions in the pursuit of new business by assisting leadership, drafting sections for RFPs, and participating in the due diligence process in all endeavors which include an employee acquisition/transition component.
• Conduct employee relations counseling, mediation, and investigations as well as handle employee grievances under the direction of Senior Management.
• Maintain advanced knowledge of HR Systems.

Requirements

• This is a hybrid position but you must live within 60 minutes of Salinas, CA as you will be responsible for 10-15 different locations.
• 5+ years of HR experience with demonstrated ability to exercise appropriate judgment, or any similar combination of education and experience.
• Ability to analyze, prioritize, delegate.
• Demonstrates leadership, ability to hire and retain high achievers.
• Strong interpersonal skills and problem solving ability.
• Strong verbal/written communication and presentation skills.
• Willingness to travel.
• Proven record of excellent internal and external customer service.
• The qualified candidate will be detail oriented, able to handle multiple projects simultaneously, extremely professional, and customer service oriented.

Physical Requirements

• Involves work of a general office nature; typically includes extended periods of sitting and/or operation of a computer for up to 8 hours a day.
• Regularly required to talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to write and type.
• Ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
• Ability to read and understand information and ideas presented orally and in writing.
• Ability to communicate information and ideas in writing and orally so others will understand.
• Regularly required to utilize vision abilities, allowing reading of printed material, graphics, and computer displays.